Case List
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Incorporation
Incorporation of the Rights of the Accused
Palko v. Connecticut (1947)
Wolf v. Colorado (1949)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)
Fourth Amendment
Establishing Probable Cause
Warden v. Hayden (1967)
Illinois v. Gates (1983)
Wilson v. Arkansas (1995)
When Fourth Amendment Protection Applies
Minnesota v. Olson (1990)
Minnesota v. Carter (1998)
Other Places to be Searched
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton (1995)
Chambers v. Maroney (1970)
South Dakota v. Opperman (1976)
California v. Acevedo (1991)
Illinois v. Caballes (2005)
Maryland v. King (2013)
Exclusionary Rule and Exceptions
Wolf v. Colorado (1949)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
United States v. Leon (1984)
Nix v. Williams (1984)
Hudson v. Michigan (2006)
Exceptions to the Warrants Rule
Plain View
Arizona v. Hicks (1987)
Horton v. California (1990)
Oliver v. United States (1984)
Electronic Searches
Olmstead v. United States (1928)
Katz v. United States (1967)
United States v. Jones (2012)
Searches Incident to a Valid Arrest
Chimel v. California (1969)
Maryland v. Buie (1990)
Knowles v. Iowa (1998)
Loss of Evidence Searches
Cupp v. Murphy (1973)
Kentucky v. King (2011)
Missouri v. McNeely (2013)
Safety Searches
Terry v. Ohio (1968)
Brown v. Texas (1979)
Adams v. Williams (1972)
Florida v. J.L. (2000)
Minnesota v. Dickerson (1993)
Illinois v. Wardlow (2000)
Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District of Nevada, Humboldt County (2004)
Consent Searches
Bumper v. North Carolina (1968)
Florida v. Bostick (1991)
Stoner v. California (1964)
United States v. Matlock (1974)
Georgia v. Randolph (2006)
Fifth Amendment
Coerced Confessions and Testimony
Brown v. Mississippi (1936)
Spano v. New York (1959)
Protecting the Privilege
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
What Constitutes Interrogation?
Brewer v. Williams (1977)
Rhode Island v. Innis (1980)
What Constitutes Custody?
Oregon v. Mathiason (1966)
Salinas v. Texas (2013)
Exceptions and Admissibility
Harris v. New York (1971)
Oregon v. Elstad (1985)
Missouri v. Seibert (2004)
New York v. Harris (1990)
Investigatory Methods
Gathering Evidence from the Body
Rochin v. California (1952)
Winston v. Lee (1985)
Identification Methods
Hayes v. Florida (1985)
United States v. Dionisio (1973)
United States v. Wade (1967)
Kirby v. Illinois (1972)
Sixth Amendment
Right to Confront Witnesses
Pointer v. Texas (1965)
Illinois v. Allen (1970)
Estelle v. Williams (1976)
Right to Counsel
Powell v. Alabama (1932)
Betts v. Brady (1942)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972)
Effectiveness of Counsel
United States v. Cronic (1984)
Strickland v. Washington (1984)
Speedy and Public Trial
United States v. Marion (1971)
Barker v. Wingo (1972)
Juries and Fair Trials
Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)
Batson v. Kentucky (1986)
Georgia v. McCollum Et Al. (1992)
J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B. (1994)
Foster v. Chatman (2016)
Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966)
Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado (2017)
Eighth Amendment
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Solem v. Helm (1983)
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Donald P. Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center v. Christopher Simmons (2005)
Kansas v. Marsh (2006)
Baze v. Rees (2008)
Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)
Atkins v. Virginia (2002)
Glossip v. Gross (2015)
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson (2024)
